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Dictionary: beat·en   (bēt'n) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Formed or made thin by hammering: beaten gold.
  2. Worn by continuous use; familiar and much traveled: a village located well off the beaten path.
  3. Totally worn-out; exhausted.

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Definition: defeated
Antonyms: victorious, winning


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IN BRIEF: adj. - Much trodden and worn smooth or bare; Defeated; Whipped.

pronunciation Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit. — Napoleon Bonaparte

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The adjective has 4 meanings:

Meaning #1: decisively defeated in combat
  Synonyms: conquered, overcome, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, vanquished

Meaning #2: beaten repeatedly with heavy blows
  Synonym: battered

Meaning #3: formed or made thin by hammering
  Participle of verb: beat (meaning #5)

Meaning #4: much trodden and worn smooth or bare


Translations: Beaten
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - slået, besejret

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    slå hjernen ind på, slå til plukfisk
  • beaten to it    slået på målstregen, besejret
  • off the beaten track    forlade den slagne vej

Nederlands (Dutch)
overwonnen, doodmoe, geslagen, platgetreden

Français (French)
adj. - battu

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    être réduit en bouillie, littérature de gare (péj)
  • beaten to it    devancer
  • off the beaten track    hors des sentiers battus

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschlagen, erschöpft, gehämmert, ausgetreten

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    zu Brei geschlagen
  • beaten to it    geschlagen sein
  • off the beaten track    abgelegen, weitab vom Schuß

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - σφυρήλατος, πολυσύχναστος, εξουθενωμένος

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    λιανισμένος στο ξύλο
  • beaten to it    δεύτερος και καταϊδρωμένος
  • off the beaten track    εκτός της πεπατημένης, απόμερος

Italiano (Italian)
sconfitto

idioms:

  • beaten to it    battuto al traguardo
  • off the beaten track    su terreno ignoto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - açoitado, forjado, vencido, exausto

idioms:

  • beaten to it    levar a melhor
  • off the beaten track    lugar desconhecido

Русский (Russian)
избитый, протоптанный, сплющенный

idioms:

  • beaten to it    кто то другой был первым
  • off the beaten track    необычный, оригинальный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - trillado, vencido, batido, agotado

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    hacer papilla a alguien, hecho papilla
  • beaten to it    alguien se le adelantó
  • off the beaten track    aislado, retirado, que se sale de lo común

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slagen, piskad, utmattad, utnött

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
被打败了的, 敲平的, 筋疲力竭的

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    打得稀巴烂, 打得遍体鳞伤
  • beaten to it    超过..., 太慢了
  • off the beaten track    偏僻地, 不落俗套地

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 被打敗了的, 敲平的, 筋疲力竭的

idioms:

  • beaten to a pulp    打得稀巴爛, 打得遍體鱗傷
  • beaten to it    超過..., 太慢了
  • off the beaten track    偏僻地, 不落俗套地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 두들겨서 늘인, 상도의, 패배한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 打たれた, 打ち延ばした, 慣れた, くたびれた, 疲れはてた, 打ち負かされた, 打ちのめされた, 踏み固められた, 泡立てられた

idioms:

  • beaten to it    出し抜く
  • beaten to pulp    こてんぱんにやられる
  • off the beaten track    町から離れて, 専門の領域を離れて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مهزوم, مقهور, مطروق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מוכה, מובס, סלולה, כבושה (דרך), מרוקעת (מתכת)‬


 
 
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